Postgres-ing? Too many choices!

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it appears that there are three different Gems for talking to a PostgreSQL database.

  postgres (0.7.1)
  postgres-pr (0.4.0)
  ruby-postgres (0.7.1)

What are the differences between them? How do I pick one?

Thanks.

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postgres and ruby-postgres are the same project. all the gems for
ruby-postgres are post 0.7.1 snapshots. I've been saying this for a
while, but I intend to release a 0.8.0 release real soon now. I will
probably release the most recent snapshot of the ruby-postgres gem as
the 0.8.0 release, so it should be pretty functional. it contains
many fixes and improvements over the postgres-0.7.1 gem. postgres-pr
is a pure ruby extension, it doesn't rely on PostgreSQL's libpq client
library. AFAIK, it's not as functional as the native extensions.

Dave

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On 1/12/06, Dave Howell <groups@grandfenwick.net> wrote:

it appears that there are three different Gems for talking to a
PostgreSQL database.

        postgres (0.7.1)
        postgres-pr (0.4.0)
        ruby-postgres (0.7.1)

What are the differences between them? How do I pick one?

3

} > it appears that there are three different Gems for talking to a
} > PostgreSQL database.
} >
} > postgres (0.7.1)
} > postgres-pr (0.4.0)
} > ruby-postgres (0.7.1)
} >
} > What are the differences between them? How do I pick one?
}
} postgres and ruby-postgres are the same project. all the gems for
} ruby-postgres are post 0.7.1 snapshots. I've been saying this for a
} while, but I intend to release a 0.8.0 release real soon now. I will
} probably release the most recent snapshot of the ruby-postgres gem as
} the 0.8.0 release, so it should be pretty functional. it contains
} many fixes and improvements over the postgres-0.7.1 gem. postgres-pr
} is a pure ruby extension, it doesn't rely on PostgreSQL's libpq client
} library. AFAIK, it's not as functional as the native extensions.

So I went with postgres-pr instead of asking this question, and now I'm
sorry I did. Would it mess things up to install the postgres/ruby-postgres
gem? How do I make sure I'm using the right one?

} Dave
--Greg

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On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 02:18:57AM +0900, Dave Lee wrote:
} On 1/12/06, Dave Howell <groups@grandfenwick.net> wrote:

4

gem install postgres
gem uninstall postgres-pr

:slight_smile:

-Robby

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On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 02:50 +0900, Gregory Seidman wrote:

So I went with postgres-pr instead of asking this question, and now
I'm
sorry I did. Would it mess things up to install the
postgres/ruby-postgres
gem? How do I make sure I'm using the right one?

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